{"id":1302,"date":"2019-01-09T22:45:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T14:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nus-mir.com\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T03:47:00","slug":"khumbu-education-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nus-mir.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/09\/khumbu-education-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Khumbu Education Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Khumbu Education Fund (KEF) was started by a team of Singaporean mountaineers in 2005, the core of which were pioneers of the Make It Real (MIR) programme. The goal was to put the children of their guide, Mingma, and a few other Sherpa children through school \u2014 that meant bringing them from the remote villages in the Himalayas, where opportunities are sparse, to Kathmandu to attend a private school, and committing to fund their entire education onto, hopefully, graduation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirteen years on, even as some of them have long moved on from mountaineering, the team has faithfully contributed year after year. In 2018, the first of these children have graduated: Mingma Dorjee Sherpa, who is the first engineering graduate from the upper Solukhumbu region near Mountain Everest. Read about it HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mingma graduation photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, MIR pledged to make yearly\ncontributions towards the fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our first fundraising event: belaying at Dairy Farm for a cause! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This year, MIR18 has raised $1203 for the fund\nvia our various fund raising events!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shirt Sale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Guided trek of Gunung Datuk (885m) in Malaysia <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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MIR18 Dinner with\u00a0 the KEF founders <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

MIR has always been about its legacy. The niche\nsport of mountaineering requires mentors to groom new and future batches of\nmountaineers and to make the sport more accessible to our community. We are\nthrilled to be able to contribute towards our alumni\u2019s project for all they\u2019ve\npoured into the club over the years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the next few years, we look forward to more\nof these children graduating (one from dentistry and another from medicine) and\nmaking landmarks in their community. As the funds required deepens, we hope\nthat future batches of MIR will continue to sow into this project that has made\nsuch an impact on their lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicholas
President
MIR 18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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